Title :
Expansion of distribution automation with communicating faulted circuit indicators
Author :
Smallwood, Cameron ; Lattner, Michael ; Gardner, Ted
Author_Institution :
United Cooperative Services, Inc., Cleburne, TX, USA
Abstract :
United Cooperative Services has a long history of incorporating distribution automation into its electric utility distribution operations. With the advent of new communications options and improved Faulted Circuit Indicator technology, United has embarked on an expansion of its distribution automation plans to incorporate communicating Faulted Circuit Indicators to improve system reliability.
Keywords :
indicators; power distribution faults; power distribution planning; power distribution reliability; distribution automation expansion; faulted circuit indicator technology; system reliability; Automation; Circuit faults; Intelligent sensors; Servers; Switches; Training; AFCI; Automated Faulted Circuit Indicator; Cellular Communication; DA; Distribution Automation; FCI; Faulted Circuit Indicator; SCADA; Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System;
Conference_Titel :
Rural Electric Power Conference (REPC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chattanooga, TN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-057-4
DOI :
10.1109/REPCON.2011.5756717